Depositing-machine



H. L. POWELL AND B. J. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man AUG.28. I9I8.

1,314,606. PatentedSept. 2,1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1- THE COLUMBIA PLANOUnAPu c0.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

H. L. POWELL AND B. 1. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE. APPLICA TION HLED AUG-28. I918.

1,314,606. Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

1 r ATTORNEY Tun 'cnumnlk l-LANonluLml co.. WAslllNu'roN. D. c-

H. L. POWELL AND B. J. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2B. 1910.

1,314,606. L Patented Sept. 2,1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- run Coummu PLANooMPu :0, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD L. POWELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND BARNEY J MIRACKY, OF LITTLEFERRY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQRS TO NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY,

DEPOSITINGr-MACHINE.

Application filed August 28, 1918. Serial No. 251,729.

729 allwhom it may concern Be it known that we, HOWARD L. POWELL andBARNEY J. MIRAOKY, both citizens of the United States, the formerresiding in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, and the latter residing at Little Ferry, in the county of Bergenand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Depositing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to apparatus in which marshmallow, icing, or thelike, is deposited on small circular cakes or like goods, which areadvanced in rows on a traveling carrier to the point at which thedeposit is made, and then onwardly to the point at which they areremoved from the carrier. The cakes are placed on the carrier inparallel rows, preferably by feeding them on to flat trays which areplaced in a continuous series on a traveling chain or chains which areadvanced intermittently, the depositing device operating during eachperiod of rest of the carrier to make a deposit on the cakes which arearranged in a row beneath the spouts of the depositing device.

Our present improvement consists in an alining device which is actuatedduring each period of rest of the carrier to correct any faultyalinement, either lengthwise or transversely of the carrier, of thecakes which are about to receive a deposit. Such faulty alinement may becaused by the manner 1n which the cakes are fed onto, or arranged on,the trays, or by the vibration to which they are subjected during theintermittent movement of the carrier. The travel of the cakes to thedepositing device may be a distance of a number of feet, especially ifthey have first to passunder another device, by which certain articles,such as candied fruits, are deposited on the cakes before the icing ormarshmallow is placed thereon.

Our improved alining device comprises a member with depending fingers,which reciprocates lengthwise of the carrier, and approaches the row ofcakes at rest immediately behind the depositing device, so that eachfinger presses slightly against the inner rear curved edges of a pair ofadjacent cakes, to separate them a spaced interval lengthwise of the.row, and to push them, for- Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

wardly into alinement at right angles to the travel of the carrier. Thefingers then rise slightly and return over the next row of cakes whichis moving forward, the fingers moving forward again and lowering intoposition when the forward movement of the carrier has stopped. Theadjusted row of cakes moves forward one step into positions immediatelybelow the spouts of the depositing device, while the alining device ismoving back over the next row to the rear, the up and down movement ofthe alining device preferably being obtained from a verticallyreciprocating part of the depositing device, and its forward and backmovement from the carrier feed, by a reversing connection.

In order that a clearer understanding of our invention may be had,attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings illustratingone embodiment of our inven tion and forming part of this application.In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machineequipped with our invention; Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2-2of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is apartial side elevation, partly shown in section, on an enlarged scale,of the cakc-alining device; Fig. 5 is a partial top plan View, on anenlarged scale, showing the adjustment of a row of cakes by the aliningdevice; and Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation, showing a modificationof our invention.

Referring to the drawings, the apparatus illustrated embodies a frameindicated at 1, carrying sprocket-wheels, of which one is shown at eachend of the machine at 2 and 3. A flexible carrier, such as a chain orchains %l,runs over these sprockets, intermittent movement, in aclockwise direction, referring to Fig. 1, being transmitted thereto fromthe shaft 5 of a ratchet wheel 6. sprocket wheel 7 on shaft 5 isconnected by a drive chain to a corresponding sprocket on the shaft ofsprocket-wheel 2, shaft 5 being given a step-by-step movement by a pawl8 i which operates ratchet wheel 6. Pawl 8 is carried by an arm 9centrally mounted for oscillation about shaft 5, arm 9 being oscillatedby pivotal connection of its lower end with a connecting rod 10, theopposite end of which is eccentrically connected, at 11, to

of rest of the carrier.

a gear 12. The latter is rotated by any suitable power connection, suchas the gears indicated at 13, driven from motor 14.

The flexible carrier 4 is adapted to carry a series of fiat wooden trayswhich maybe placed thereon with their transverse edges abutting againsteach other. The small round cakes 15 are deposited on the trays, in themachine illustrated, by a hopper device 16, which is operated by areciprocating member 17, connected for operation to a crank 18, which isoscillated by a link 19 connected to the upper end of thearm 9.The'cakes may be deposited in rows on the trays, the rows beingseparated by the distance the carrier moves forward each forwardmovement of pawl 8. The marshmallow or icing is deposited on the cakesby a depositing device comprising a hopper 20, in which are mounted aplurality of tubes or barrels-21, 21, terminating in spouts 22,

22, the spouts being parallel to the cakes as they are posltioned on thetrays by the de I vice 16, and equal to the number of cakes in each row.

' Each tube 21 contains a plunger 23, and

all of the plungers are connected to a cross member-24 which is moved upand down by a link 25, on each side of the machine, the lower end ofwhich carries a roller 26. This is also rotatably secured to a crank 27,pivoted at 2-8, and bears on-a cam 29 mounted on a stud 30, whichrotates with spur gear 31,

The tubes 21 are also connected together by a cross member 32, which isreciprocated by links .33 on each side of the machine, each link beingpivoted at 34 to a bell-crank 35 pivoted at 36 to the frame of themachine. The lower end of each bell-crank carries a roller 37 whichbears against a cam 38 rotating with gear '12. These constructions .donot form part of our present invention. and need not be described infurther detail. The result of the apparatus so far described is to causethe plungers23 to move downward, toexpel the marshmallow below the same,

fromspouts 22, each time rollers'26 pass ov'erthe high points 39 of cams29,wfhich;

occurs at the end of each forward movement of .the' carrier.- The tubes21 are lifted a certain-distance at the beginning of the for wardmovement of the carrier, that is, from -theposition*'of the parts shownin Fig. 1

more rapidly than the plungers 23 are lifted, the tubes again descendingmore gradually than the, plunge'rsduring the return movement.,oflpawl 8,andthe consequent period This movement is arrangedto provide a measured.quantity of marshmallow or the like in the tubes below the plunge'rs' atthe moments when the latter begin their expelling'movements. As stated,another depositing device similar to that just described, andMsimila-rlyoperated, may

.sake of simplicity.

be provided between the depositing device illustrated and the point atwhich the cakes are deposited or fed on the. trays on the carrier, thisadditional depositing device being omitted from the drawings for the Thedevice for alining the cakes comprises a frame 40 having dependingfingers 41, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, adapted to press against therear inner edges of the cakes 15. Frame40 ,is provided with forwardly-extending sleeve portions 42, 42, which are slidably mounted-onrods. 43, 43, which are fixedly secured to the cross member 32 ofthedepositing device. Frame 40 is reciprocated lengthwise of the carrierby means of arms on each side of the machine, one of which is shown at44, pivoted, midway its length, to frame 1, at 45. The lower end of eacharm 44 is connected to the adjacent arm 18 for oscillation therefrom, sothat the upper end of arm 44 reverses the movement of arm 18.

The upper end of each arm 44 is connected by appropriate linkage to theframe 40. As shown,- a link 46 is pivotally connected at one end to theupper end of an arm 44,

and at the other end to a link 47 the other end of which is pivoted toone end of a link 48, the other end of which is pivotally connected tothe frame 4O.v In operation, the alining device moves forwardly when theforward movement-of the carrier stops and pawls 8 and arms 18 begintheir return movement, roller 37 restlng against a pointon cam 38onehalf revolution distant from that shownin'Fig. 1. During the forwardmovement of the alining device, cross-member 32 is somewhat raised, butmoves downwardly in accordance wlth the shape of cam in position topress against the cakes. The

fingers extend somewhat between the cakes,

position shown in Fig. 1, fingers 41 rise somewhat, and move back overthe next rowof advancing cakes.=

A modification of the apparatus is illustrated in Fig. 6, in which ahopper 20 for candied fruit or the like is shown in advance of thehopper 20 for the marshmallow or icing, it being understood that hopper20 is adapted to discharge material onto the cakes from a row of spoutssimilar to and equal in number to the spouts 22 of hopper 20 (Fig. Inthe form shown, the, cranks 18 are oscillated by connection with arms 9asin the form previously de 38, so that the lower ends of fingers 41 arescribed, the pivoted arms 44 being oscillated to reverse the movement ofcranks 18 by links 49 connecting the lower ends of arms 4& with cranks18, substantially in the same manner as described in connection witharms 44 in the form of construction already described. Links 49 may beprovided with slots 50 and arm 44 with screws 51 engaged therein, foradjustment.

Arms M are connected, at their upper ends, by pivoted links 52, one ateach side of the machine, with horizontal bars 53, which are slidablymounted, as byscrew and slot connections 54, 55, on the vertical sideframe members 56, 56, of the hoppers 20, 20 The alining frames 40,having depending fingers 41, one frame for each hopper, are secured tobars 53 for horizontal reciprocation, and are connected to cross members32, 32, of the depositing devices for vertical movement, members 32moving preferably in the same manner as the members similarly numberedin the form of our device first described. This may be accomplished byproviding each frame 40 with a pair of sleeve portions 42 which arearranged to slide on arms 57 which are secured to the vertically movablecrossmembers 32, and by connecting frames 40 with bars 53 by means oflinks 58, 58, which are pivoted at their opposite ends to frames 40 andbars 53. Preferably links 58 are pivoted to bars 53 by screws which aresecured at desired points in slots 59 in bars 53, to provide foradjustment.

With this construction, it will be evident that alining frames 40 forboth depositing devices move forward and back with bars 53, and up anddown at appropriate times with members 32, the angular positions oflinks 58 being such that frames 40 will re ciprocate with bars 53, whileat the same time links 58 oscillate about their upper ends as members 32move up and down. The timing of the movements of the two frames 40 inrelation to the movements of the depositing devices and the carrier maybe the same as that of the frame l0 described in connection with thefirst form of our device.

It will be understood that our invention is not limited strictly to theexact details of construction described, but is as broad as is indicatedby the accompanying claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier,means for advancing the same step by step, mechanism for depositingmaterial on a row of cakes across the carrier, after each advance of thelatter, having a vertically reciprocating member, an alining device forthe cakes, means for moving the same forward and back while the carrieris stationary and is moving forward, and means connected with saidvertically reciprocating member of the depositing mechanism for loweringthe alining device as it approaches the cakes to be adjusted and forraising the same as it moves back therefrom.

2. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier,means for advancing the same step by step, mechanism for depositingmaterial on a row of cakes across the carrier, after each advance of thelatter, an alining device for the cakes, and n'ieans, operativelyconnected to the carrier advancing means, for moving the same forward,while the carrier is stationary, to aline the row of cakes one step inthe rear of the depositing mechanism, and for raising the same andreturning it to its starting point while the carrier is moving forward,continuously during the operation of the machine, the carrier advancingthe row of cakes thus alined, beneath said depositing mechanism on thenext forward movement of said carrier.

3. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, apawl and ratchet device for advancing the same step by step, mechanismfor depositing material on a row of cakes extending across the carrier,after each advance of the latter, an alining device for the cakes, alever pivoted intermediate its ends, connections for moving one end ofsaid lever back and forth with the pawl of said pawl and ratchet device,actuating connections between the other end of said lever and saidalining device, and means for raising and lowering said device duringits reciprocation.

i. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier,means for advancing the same step by step, depositing mechanism, havinga member which moves down and up during each forward movement of thecarrier and the succeeding interval, an alining device, to aline a rowof cakes to receive a deposit, a longitudinally extending sleeve securedto said device, a rod secured to said member and slidably extending insaid sleeve, and means, adapted to permit the raising and lowering ofsaid device, for reciprocating the same during the actuation of themachine.

5. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier,depositing mechanism, having a vertically reciprocating member, analining device, to aline a row of cakes to receive a deposit, means formoving the same forward and back. and means operativcly connected withsaid vertically reciprocating member of the depositing mechanism forraising and lowering the alining device during its reciprocation.

G. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier,depositing mechanism, having a vertically reciprocating member, analining device, to aline a row of cakes to receive a deposit, carrier-advancing means, means, operatively connected to the carrier-advancingmeans, for moving said alining device forward and back, and meansoperatively connected With rows of cakes to receive deposits from saidmechanisms, means connecting said alining devices, means for movingthesame forward and back, and means operatively connected With saidvertically-reciprocating yIIlBIIlbBIS of said depositing mechanisms forraising 20 and lowering said alining devicesduring their reclprocatlon.H v v Th1s specificatlon signed and wltnessed this 23rd day of August,1918.

HOWARD L. POWELL. BARNEY J. MIRAGKY.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. BoDE, L. D. Kim).

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

